it s saturday, november 25th, and you are watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior, filling in this weekend for my friend and colleague, ali velshi, and we have got a lot to talk about. we start off following breaking news this morning on day two of a fragile pause in the war between israel and hamas. today, we are expecting a second exchange of hostages and prisoners. we are waiting word on when exactly that exchange will happen, and how many hostages taken by hamas will be exchange for palestinian prisoners held and israeli presence. we are going to bring this to you, along with all of the latest developments with live pictures and reporting from how nbc news team on the ground in israel. but check in with that team in just a few moments. but first, let s get up to date on the multiple trials of donald trump, we are new developments this holiday week may have slipped under the radar. for starters, there is the ongoing legal battles over a pair of gag orders agai
thank you so much for joining us. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta alongside my colleague wolf blitzer in tel aviv. breaking news, we re standing by for release of a second group of hostages held by hamas. sources tell cnn that release is being delayed in part over a dispute about the number of aid trucks entering gaza. these are live pictures from the rafah border crossing in gaza where the hostages could be transported at any moment. we re also told today s group is likely to include 13 israeli citizens, several of which are expected to be children, adding to the 24 hostages released yesterday. this exchange comes a full seven weeks after the hostages were abducted from their homes. a u.s. official says american citizens are not expected to be among those released today. 39 palestinian prisoners are set to be released as well today following the release of the israeli hostages from gaza. these exchanges are part of a four-day truce, set to expire on tuesday. wolf. thank
this is cnn breaking news. well, good morning to you, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the truce between israel and hamas, and the expected release of more hostaged today, i m pamela brown. my colleague kaitlan collins is live in tel aviv. we re waiting and watching in the tense situation in gaza and israel where a second group of hostages held by hamas is expected to be released. it s day two of a fragile four-day pause in fighting, and we re now hearing the timing is delayed in part by the slowness of aid trucks entering gaza. as families wait anxiously for word sources tell cnn that today s list provided by hamas has 13 names. cnn has learned that no americans are expected to be released today. under terms of the complicated deal israel three palestinians for every israeli hostages as buses wait outside a prison in the occupied west bank one palestinian official says israel is not following the terms of the prisoner release deal. on friday this video was relea